CBSE Pulls Back Principal Eligibility Test for School Principals

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CBSE board has withdrawn Principal Eligibility Test but the veto in appointments will lie with the government appointed members. However the board is re-looking at the decision taken by the Governing Body regarding the appointment of principals in private schools.

The official announcement of amended rules in this regard is yet to be announced. Read more

Math has always been a hard subject for most of the kids, when Tarini Wilson, a maths teacher for 30 years, read about the Shanghai technique, in which a teacher breaks down the teaching of concepts and moves on only when every child in the class has understood, she was all ears.

"The fault is in the way we focus on exams when we teach and not on making the student fall in love with the subject," said Wilson, who teaches Class 7 students. "I'm trying to follow the Shanghai method, a buddy technique where students have two hours of lessons and then sit in pairs and work on sums together. It's fun and a great way of learning," she said. Read more

Under the new plan, a student would have to take up three Indian languages listed in schedule VIII of the Constitution, one of which could be English. All three languages would be main subjects in the Class X board exams. Students can study a foreign language, or a non-listed Indian language, as an additional subject, which will be non-qualifying in nature.

According to a senior HRD official, even if the new plan is approved by the ministry and CBSE starts working on the scheme it would not "happen before 2019-20". "The present batches of students who are now in class VII will be able to appear in the board exam under the existing scheme and will not be burdened with learning a new language mid-way. The matter can be taken up by the CBSE governing body once it's finalised by the ministry later this year so that the scheme can be started," the official said. Read more

Google Capital, a subsidiary of Google is is talks to invest $13-15 million in Benagaluru based education startup Cuemath, Cuemath develops math content and mathematical puzzle cards for LKG to class 8 students.

Once the deal closes, it would be Google Capital's first bet in the ed-tech space, which has seen a flurry of activity as companies look to tap the opportunity that exists for them to disrupt the existing tutoring and test prep models. Read more

EkStep Foundation signs an MoU with Educational Initiatives to collaborate on improving comprehension and absorption abilities of students by providing them with learning tools. The aim is to ensure education is based not on rote learning but a deep understanding of concepts.

"Our thrust is on nurturing a system wherein conceptual learning is given importance, as opposed to rote learning. We will focus on effective learning outcomes. We will be able to identify when a child is unable to understand an idea, understand where the problem lies, and subsequently provide him or her with better guidance" said, Srini Raghavan, CEO, Educational Initiatives.